Object data
wood and brass
height 30.1 cm × width 5.3 cm × depth 1.5 cm
anonymous
Model of a Rudder with a Double Head
? Netherlands, c. 1775 - c. 1825
Inscriptions
- label, starboard side: former inventory label
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-213
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Wooden demonstration model of a square-headed rudder, cut from one piece of wood.
The head has been marked on two places to indicate the holes for two tillers. The blade has back pieces and a sole.
The model bears a wrong catalogue number.1
Literature
J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 213
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Model of a Rudder with a Double Head, Netherlands, c. 1775 - c. 1825', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.244025
(accessed 4 January 2025 05:02:51).